Christopher Pittenturf

About Christopher Pittenturf

With over 25 years of business, technical and analytics experience across multiple industries, Chris Pittenturf has accumulated extensive knowledge in how to implement and leverage technology systems to support sales and marketing efforts within an organization. Chris excels at defining data strategies that inform business decisions through analysis, automation, and integration. A coach at heart, he measures his success as a leader by how effectively he can inspire his teams to achieve their full potential in personal growth and professional accomplishment. Chris has a proven track record of building and leading multi-talented and diverse teams. Spearheading the development and implementation of organizational business intelligence processes within the manufacturing and entertainment industries. During his time with Palace Sports & Entertainment his innovative team was widely recognized as an industry leader in applying a sophisticated CRM platform to amplify sales and service operations, using market research to drive marketing decisions and assist with partnership sales, centralizing customer data and distilling it for business use, and leveraging analytics to make informed business decisions with an emphasis on real time information and mobility. Additionally, he oversaw the Detroit Pistons move into Little Caesar’s Arena, from a technology perspective, ensuring that systems were aligned and optimized by NBA standards. He oversaw the IT implementation efforts for the new Pistons Performance Center working closely with internal stakeholders and partners to establish mutually beneficial relationships that would ensure a cutting-edge technology infrastructure would be implemented to support both business and basketball operations.

Experience

1. Vice President of Business Strategy and Analytics

   Detroit Pistons

   Oct 2025 — Present · Detroit, MI, US

Education

• Cedarville University

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Information Systems

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Sports Entertainment
• Databases
• Surveying
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Social Networking
• Business Intelligence
• Senior Executive Leadership
• Sql
• Data Analysis
• Data Visualization
• Leadership
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Saas
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Strategy
• Html
• Data Warehousing
• Visual Basic
• Integration
• Crm
• Data Intelligence
• Sharepoint
• Data Integration
• Web Development
• Business Analysis
• Management
• Access
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Informatica
• Javascript
• Analytics
• Market Research
• Sports Marketing
• Microsoft Excel
• Analysis
• Database Admin
• Database Administration